The Raft
Photograph

Long Chin-San

Maker
Chinese, 1892–1995

The Raft

1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 20.8 x 28.5 cm
Mount: 45.5 x 36.7 cm
Gift of Mary Ann Giglio, 2008
2008.0329.0001
Inscriptions Stamped in red ink on mount recto BL: [Chinese characters, makers chop]
Printed in black ink on applied label, verso C: The Raft (1930) [Chinese characters] \ [four lines of Chinese characters] \ "Thus I steer my bark, and sail O'er waters deep, with \ gentle gale." \ Description: – Rafts made of bamboo are a means of \ transportation for the mountain rivulets in Chenhsien, \ Chekkiang. ( [Chinese characters]) \ [Four paragraphs from and article published in January 24 issue of Focus a Dutch photography magazine.] \ [ a list of venues where the image had been exhibited between 1936 and 1946]



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